Jesus' word tells us that he wouldn't require us to be Spiritually prepared (ie. washed, Baptized in Spirit, living a repentant faith, hungry, and aware of the nature of what we're doing) for the Supper, and command us to celebrate it, if he didn't have rich fruits in store for doing so.

This is the fulfillment of Exodus 25,30 ("and on my table, in my presence, you will always put the loaves of permanent offering") regarding the twelve loaves, the bread of God's face, or God's testimony, his presence on behalf of his people. Under the Sinai covenant this bread was only ministered and eaten by priests.

The fruits of our updated table will be consumed by all people living under the new covenant, whereby we are all made priests, consecrated by our faith and our baptism in the Holy Spirit (1Peter2,5, John 3,5). This "food indeed" (John 6,55) off the new faith nation's table is ministered and eaten by all, and is one of the faith acts that guarantees seeing God's face upon our own resurrection (v. 54 above).

Our offering and blessing of the bread and the cup is a spiritual sacrifice (1Peter2,5), attune with Hebrews 12,24, whereby Jesus' one time shed blood is exchanged for Jesus' for-all-time mediation of the Sprinkled Spirit en repuesta a nuestra fe (see also Isaiah 52,15). The bread and the contents of the cup by our blessing in faith, brings this Sprinkled Spirit into the contents of the bread and cup, an example and foretaste, and declaration that we are saved now, and will see his face upon our resurrection too.

After obediently and faithfully feasting at the the table of the Lord, we can confidently and loudly state with the Psalmist at Psalm 17,15: "As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in your presence."

2. We are Spiritually nourished to finish the long race-contest of salvation.

Somos Promovidos Ad Acabar La Carrera De Salvacion.

How's that? Because we have the very Spiritual life of God living in us (John 6,53) , and we have eaten the Spiritual "food" and "drink" of God, reminding us that God abides in us and thus we can persevere in Him, and overcome in Him, and carry our particular crosses with the power and conviction that is outside the realm of our fleshly strength.

No more physical sacrifices are needed in that our saving faith and Christ's last physical sacrifice has rendered us pardoned, acceptable, and set apart in a new Spiritual state, sanctified, not morally perfect, but capable of persevering unto the finish line:

"For by one offering he hath perfected to the end those sanctified." Hebrews 10,14 (Young's Literal Translation).

So when we come to the table with our Spiritual sacrifice of faith we're remembering the completed work of Calvary, but also hungry for all the Spiritual blessings that Calvary unleashed unto us until the end, such as Spiritually abiding in Him, living in Him, enjoying a greater rootedness in Him, and by partaking in this actual fellowship with him (1Corinthians 10,16).

This is an actual fellowship (Spirit to spirit) that might include hearing his Spirit-voice speaking again to us at the table (John 10,14), and all the blessings that flow after Calvary unto our progressive sanctification (1Thessalonians 5,23), and likewise from partaking of the unlimited life Spirit of God (John 6,53).

Our Christian witness is not only to be truthful, but also faithful to Jesus- who he was, who he is, publicly attesting to him, the most faithful and true witness (cf Revelation 3,14, Greek martus, martyr).

Jesus commanded two public ordinances- baptism and the Lord's Supper. Both of these have their starting point in the death of Jesus, for our sins. But their ultimate point is that we might live a new and better life of faith, unto eternal life, not governed by law and physical sacrifices, but by God's Spirit, written by God into our hearts and minds (Hebrews 8,10-11).

By coming together as one body for the Supper, we realize at a glance that our primary purpose as a priestly people is to offer spirtitual sacrifices such as announcing his praises and the Lord's supper.

1Peter2,1-9 is as close to a constitution as there is in our New Testament Scripture. It also makes the point that our role as a priestly people is to celebrate Spiritual sacrifices, such as the Lord's Supper, that announce the wonders and praises of Jesus.

As our good news consitution, 1Peter2,1-9 tells us many things about ourselves as God's new people and our faith values. There is perhaps no more soaring and enthusiastic description of all Christ has done for us.

1Peter2 is about newborn babes (v.2), hungry for the milk of the word, who have come to Jesus risen from the dead, a living stone (v.4), the cornerstone of his new Spiritual house-temple-unified and one people (v.5).

But wait there's more. These same new born babes- by living by faith- become a royal priesthood (vv.5,9) and move on to the more "solid food" of his Risen body and risen, or sprinkled, blood (Isaiah 52,15), real food and real drink, the cup of salvation.

This supper is a Spiritual sacrifice that announces all this: that Jesus has made us all holy and fit to be fed real food and real drink. It's the announcement that he still nourishes, not only by his word by our faithful obedience to his command to come to the table and be fed Spiritually.

And what's more we, by our faith, are cooperating and particpating in the miracle of his risen bread and risen blood.

It invites us to announce the wonder of turning ordinary bread and wine into his risen body and blood (Isaiah52,15). It's also the announcement that his Spirit is still in the blessing business, and that the light and fire of the Holy Ghost still burns, on this table of the lord just as it did in the burning bush (Exodus 3,2-3), and just as it did when God's first Aaronic priesthood celebrated their physical sacrifices with the faith required by God (Leviticus9,22-24).

By our faith and accepting our real and shared priesthood at the table, we knowingly participate in the the new priesthood of Jesus, who sprinkles down the holy Ghost on the bread and wine, on our spiritual sacrifice if it is acceptable to Him, making them his risen body and blood.

When we as priests present this spiritual sacrifice on his table, bringing our offering close to our Spiritual God, He honors our faithful blessing of the bread and cup (cf 1Corinthians 10,16) by a wondrous miracle, making them contain his risen Spirit, his Spiritual body and Spiritual blood, real food and drink (John 6,53-57).

This miracle bread and cup calls to mind again and again the many times he has saved us in the desert from hunger and thirst, and showed us his word coming true, showed us mercy amidst our paltry faith, and the many other miracles that we we have seen so far, but don't have the faith yet to proclaim.

Then Aaron and Moses entered the tent of meeting, and communed with God. As they had drawn near to him and presented the sacrifices on behalf of his people, God (who is Spirit, John4,24) drew near to all the people and accepted the sacrifices on their behalf.

We know God drew near to them and the people because when Aaaron and Moses came out of the tent and blessed the people again, immediatly the glory of God miraclously flared out of the tent of meeting. This miracle occurred in the plain sight of all the people. And the Lord's fire, the Holy Ghost, then entirely consumed the remaining portion of the holocaust and all its fat parts right before the eyes of the people.

Seeing this miracle, the people (like many who experience baptism in the Spirit in the Christian realm) were rendered prostrate, praising God with shouts of joy, as they experienced God in this new and mighty way.

This has application to the Spiritual sacrifice of the Lord's Supper because it clearly shows that all sacrifices, done with the required faith, were actually meant to bless all people with an actual or real Spiritual experience of God.

So, if God's Holy Ghost fire, could miraclously exit the tent of Meeting in response to faithfully executed physical sacrifices and consume a physical holocaust sacrifice outside of it, how much more readily, by our rightful and faithful blessing according to God's word and command, could that same Holy Ghost Fire, come into our Spritual offering of bread and wine, and make them Christ's Spiritual Body and Blood, capable of coming into us and burning away, so to speak, our earthly dross and fleshiness.

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Tobin Hitt is the founder of the Zion Pentecost Mission. He is open to gospel partnership with all, and identifies with Paul's description of our mission as ambassadors for our king, Jesus, urging all to reconcile with God (2Cor.20-21). He resides in Cheshire, Connecticut.